Tourism Resource Management Research Articles

The economic-administrative role of geographic information systems in rural tourism and exhaustive local community development in African marginalized communities

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to examine the latent part of geographic information systems in inclusive sustainable rural tourism, community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) and community development and empowerment in Southern Africa, Africa generally and many rural areas elsewhere worldwide.Design/methodology/approachThe viewpoint utilizes literature and document reviews to assess African and worldwide agricultural, environmental and tourism resources management scenarios. It thus liaises with CBNRM and geographic information systems in sustainable tourism and local community development applications.FindingsThis review viewpoint uncovers a better potential synergetic relationship between tourism and rural (agricultural) activities that geographic information systems along a concept of CBNRM can amplify. Hence, it has poised a need for a decent and integrated tourism strategy to develop and empower the pertinent communities in many rural and marginalized areas within the continent.Originality/valueMany rural communities in Southern Africa and Africa broadly dwell in low-income areas. Such milieus are rich in natural biodiversity, including tourism destination areas. Geographic information systems, sustainable tourism and CBNRM can form a gestalt of local community development projects within their environs.

Empowering voluntary approaches for environmental sustainability and resilient communities: a case study from Okinawa, Japan

What can government do to secure environmental sustainability and resilient communities? We discuss an emerging policy approach in natural tourism resource management in the Okinawa Prefecture using the case of the ‘Conservation and Use Agreement’ (CUA, hereafter) defined in the Act on Special Measures for the Promotion of Okinawa. The CUA is the certification by the Governor of Okinawa Prefecture, which endorses the self-regulation concluded by site-level eco-tour operators. We analysed the legal and administrative structure of the CUA and the implementation process of nine (existing/expired) CUA cases based on thorough literature reviews and in-depth interviews. We discuss three points from the analysis. Firstly, the number of CUAs remains small because of its huge transaction costs compared to the benefits of the status. Secondly, the CUA generally works as a precaution; however, it is not effective for solving the existing overuse issues for its voluntary characteristics. Thirdly, the administrative resources need to be strengthened for better communication with operators to further enhance the implementation.

Design of Mobile Intelligent Navigation System for Xi’an Qinling Wildlife Park

With the continuous development of China’s economy and the improvement of people’s living standards, the tourism industry is getting stronger and stronger that it integrates food, living, transportation, entertainment, shopping, and other aspects. Among them, the core competitiveness is tourism resources, which are the foundation for the survival of the tourism industry. Sustainable development of the tourism industry makes higher requirements for the advancement and management of tourism resources. How to better meet customers’ needs and continuously improve service quality has become the key to development. In this study, Xi’an Qinling Wildlife Park is taken as an example, and PHP + MYSQL and other technologies are used to construct a mobile intelligent navigation system with rich functions, simplicity, practicality, and stable performance. The whole system uses B/S mode, and the main development of the system has been completed from the perspectives of practical interface and rapid development.

Reconsidering the Suitability Assessment Method for Glacier Tourism: A Case Study from Tibet, China

Glacier retreat is becoming more widespread and severe due to global warming, and improper exploitation of glacier resources by tourism activities accelerates the destruction of glacier landscapes. Therefore, establishing a set of quantitative assessment tools is critical for guiding the rational utilization of glacier tourism resources. This study selected regional tourism resources, the natural environment of glaciers, service support, and market demand factors to build a suitability assessment method for glacier tourism (SAMGT), and it used the Delphi and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to determine the index weights, and combined them with GIS analysis technology. The Tibet autonomous region was proposed in this study as a case to build the SAMGT and provide scientific support for the rational development, scientific management, and sustainable development of glacier tourism resources. With regard to influencing the suitability of glacier tourism resource development, the results indicate that the weights of glacier resource endowment, ecological vulnerability, and tourism resource combination were high whereas that of market demand-related factors was low. The glacier tourism resource development area in Tibet can be divided into suitable, relatively suitable, barely suitable, and unsuitable exploitation zones, accounting for 5.39%, 9.76%, 15.28%, and 69.57% of the total area, respectively. Five representative glaciers were selected to verify the validity or test the rationality of SAMGT and prove that the model is reasonable, innovative, and effective from the perspectives of multiple dimensions and the comprehensiveness of the selected indicators.

Progresses and Perspectives of the Resource Evaluation Related to Agri-Cultural Heritage Tourism

The scientific evaluation of tourism resources is not only an important prerequisite for the development of agri-cultural heritage tourism (AHT), but it can also promote the conservation and management of Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (IAHS). With the goal of providing scientific support for the sustainable management of tourism resources, this review systematically analyzes the overall situation, research regions, developmental timeline trends, key fields and hot topics of resource evaluation research related to AHT over 2005–2020. With a comprehensive perspective that incorporates both traditional literature review and quantitative literature review, the study revealed four important aspects of AHT research. (1) Relevant articles could be divided into two phases, a development-oriented period (2005–2012) and a conservation-oriented period (2013–2020). (2) GIAHS accounts for the absolute majority (about 66.7%) of relevant studies. In particular, Longji Terraces System, Hani terraces system and Dong's Rice-Fish-Duck System were the research hotspots IAHS, and Yunnan, Zhejiang and Guangxi were the research hotspot provinces. (3) Terraced landscapes and tea culture were the most popular themes in tourism resource evaluation, while sports tourism, tea culture tourism and study tours are becoming the new trends in IAHS sites. (4) Research methods have undergone a shift from qualitative to quantitative approaches, and a combination of these two in an interdisciplinary manner is becoming a new research trend. By reviewing and prospecting the relevant literature, this study not only makes a unique contribution to the tourism resource evaluation of IAHS, but also helps to enrich the relevant evaluation theories and further promote the sustainable development of heritage tourism from theoretical and methodological perspectives.

Geographical information systems in sustainable rural tourism and local community empowerment: A natural resources management appraisal for Musina Municipality’ Society

ABSTRACT The purpose of this examination is to prospect the underlying capacity of diverse geographic information systems in sustainable rural tourism and local community empowerment in South Africa and, extensively, Africa. Hence, corresponds with diverse rural areas elsewhere globally, utilizing the case of Musina Municipality in Limpopo Province, South Africa. The case study appropriates narrative literature review (with existing documents reviews), interviews, and focuses group discussion in studying African and comprehensive agricultural, environmental, and tourism reservoirs management situations. It links community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) and geographic information systems to sustainable tourism implications in Musina Municipality. Numerous agricultural communities in Southern Africa and Africa comprehensively reside in low-income districts; Musina Municipality is no different. Such localities are plentiful in natural biodiversity and tourism host provinces. Geographic information systems, sustainable tourism, agriculture (AG), and community-based natural resource management can generate a medley of local community development schemes within such environs.

Maya Ruins, Cultural Tourism and the Contested Symbolism of Collective Identities

The more accessible archaeological sites of the ancient Maya have become cultural attractions for international mass tourism. Their development is a function of occupational and economic factors that construct an unrepresentative image of Maya civilization as a modem cultural production. While this image is part of the official heritage of modern nation states, the interaction of mass tourism and cultural resource management is creating a supranational structural framework conducive to the development of Maya ethnonationalism.

The implied significance of integrative geographical information systems in sustainable tourism and comprehensive community development in Musina Municipality, South Africa

PurposeThe purpose of the paper was to explore the latent function of geographic information systems (GIS) in sustainable tourism, community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) and local community development in Southern Africa, broadly Africa, and diverse rural areas elsewhere globally. Hence, significantly liaising with data and literature review on the Musina Municipality natural resource management, livelihoods, and tourism development issues in Limpopo Province, South Africa.Design/methodology/approachThe study utilizes a general literature review, document reviews, focus group discussions and field observations to examine the Musina Municipality's rural, environmental and tourism resources management situations along with African and worldwide pertinent implications. The study benchmarks with CBNRM and GIS in sustainable tourism nature within the Musina Municipality.FindingsThe study reveals a fitter dormant-synergetic link among tourism and agrarian (rural) exercises that GIS along a concept of CBNRM can expand within the Municipality. Hence, the study has presented a necessity for a proper and a GIS-unified tourism approach to permit the local communities in Musina Municipality and towards the entire continent.Originality/valueSeveral rural populations in Southern Africa and Africa broadly dwell in low-income areas; Musina Municipality is no exception. Such environs are rich in natural biodiversity, including tourism entities host regions. GIS, sustainable tourism and CBNRM can create a gestalt of local community development projects within such milieus.

The impact of stakeholder market orientation on sustainability performance at tourism destinations

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to establish the relationship between stakeholder market orientation (StMO) and sustainability performance (SP) at tourism destinations (TDs).Design/methodology/approachUsing a quantitative survey, data was collected from 313 tourism business managers, who are the owners or managers of the tourism businesses at the TDs, and was analysed using the partial least square structural equation model.FindingsFindings indicate that environmental performance is the highest sustainability management practice adhered to at the TDs. Also, community and visitor orientations predicted SP most, with all its hypotheses supported.Research limitations/implicationsThis study focuses on the impact of StMO dimensions on SP within the TDs, thereby limiting generalisation to other sectors.Practical implicationsTourism marketing managers are given the knowledge that StMO strategy is a precondition for effective implementation and adoption of SP strategy.Social implicationsThe results have key social implications, in that a sustainability marketing strategy that will assist in the increase acceptance of sustainability programs within the tourism sector has been noted.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is believed to be the first empirical study to test the relationship between StMO dimensions and three SP dimensions. This study will improve the sustainability management of tourism resources in Ghana. It will further aid in meeting some of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Improve the legal system of protection and management of natural tourism resources in Macao by learning from the experience of the Mainland 借鑒內地經驗完善澳門自然旅遊資源 保護和管理法律制度

Improve the legal system of protection and management of natural tourism resources in Macao by learning from the experience of the Mainland 借鑒內地經驗完善澳門自然旅遊資源 保護和管理法律制度

자연관광자원 관리를 위한 드론매핑시스템의 활용: 신두리 해안사구를 중심으로

Coastal sand dunes are sand dunes created on the coast and play an important role in the coastal ecosystem, such as protecting the coastline, habitat for animals and plants, and storage of ground-water. In addition, the coastal sand dunes are very important as natural tourism resources as they are unique desert terrain that cannot be seen in Korea. However, in recent years, coastal erosion due to large-scale reclamation or development has increased the damage of coastal sand dunes, so it is necessary to monitor and manage the coastal sand dunes in time series in terms of protection. In this study, 3D precise displacement analysis was performed to monitor the shape change of the Sinduri coastal sand dunes in terms of natural tourism resource management. To this, the target area was photographed with a drone in 2020 and 2021, respectively, and a three-dimensional point cloud was created and then the topographical change was analyzed in terms of spatial information. As a result, it was possible to analyze topographic changes with cm-level precision, and it was found that a precise 3D topographical model could be created using only low-cost drone images. This means that it is necessary to replace the existing coastal sand dune survey techniques.

Marketing Tourism in the Digital Era and Determinants of Success Factors Influencing Tourist Destinations Preferences

Tourism development has economic benefits, but there also issues related to complex digital marketing and environmental impacts. Nowadays, customers want fast, accurate and friendly responses from the tourism agencies. Hence, the industry must be able to cope with the demands from the clients by using the latest digital technology. Moreover, economic and environmental sustainability are also essential for the long-term tourism resource management. Therefore, this paper explores sustainable tourism in relation to consumer preferences, which ultimately determines economic implications in terms of net value, contributed capital, and employment. Based on the surveys conducted on 75 travel agencies in Europe, it was found that the key factors to destination preferences are (in descending order): customers’ income (67.7%), the exchange rate (63.9%), digital marketing factors (53.4%), respect for the environment (38.6%), and sports activities (33.3%). Keywords: tourism, trip, destination, environment, sport, consumer income

Driving Mechanisms for the Agricultural Tourism Network Sector in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province

This research aims to study the driving mechanism for the agricultural tourism network sector in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province with the use of combined approaches. The 2 research processes comprised 1) to study of documents and related research with associate agricultural tourism network in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province and 2) to study of mechanisms to drive agricultural tourism with Delphi techniques from relevant sector, both public, private, public and academic. Results indicated that the driving mechanism for the agricultural tourism network sector in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province comprises the following elements 1. Man refers to a group of people or organization who join the network including 1) Government sector; 2) Private sector; 3) Public sector and 4) Academic sectors including educational institutes and related organization; .2. Resources refers to the tool used to promote the development of an area or a government network to support the development of the area, infrastructure to allocate budget to develop tourist attractions, private sector network to promote / support activities in the tourist area, public sector network to perform tourism resource management planning and academic sector network to support knowledge in development coordinating with relevant sector in the area for development and 3. Management System (System) refers to the establishment of a common agricultural tourism management model of network partners with the processes as follows: 1) Defining the needs to be a network; 2) Seeking partners to share information; 3) Forming a network to work 4) Setting goals, objectives, strategies that are common opinions; 5)Establishing working structure and share-decision making process; 6) Designing work plans and activities; 7) Developing network capacity; 8) Creating communication system; 9) Exchanging of knowledge and lesson summary development and 10) Monitoring and evaluation..

Analysis of water resource management in tourism in China using a coupling degree model

Abstract With the rapid development of the tourism industry, the water resource consumption in tourism has largely increased and gets more complicated, making water resource management in tourism more difficult. To achieve sustainable water utilization in tourism, water resource management has to take full account of the local natural, social, and industrial conditions, both satisfying the demands of water resource protection and tourism development. To analyze this coupling relationship, an integrated index system comprised of 15 indices is designed, and a coupling degree model between tourism-related water resource management and local conditions is introduced. The result revealed that tourism-related water resource management is generally congruent with the local conditions in China, and provinces at the very high/low coupling stage presented four clusters. A discussion combining the change of water policies and the water use efficiency of hotels in Beijing revealed that water-saving policies are proven to be necessary for the tourism development. Furthermore, a discussion of the four clusters revealed the advanced experience and deficiency of water policies in substantial tourism areas. The results could provide references for the improvement of water policies in the tourism industry in China.

Организационные аспекты управления туристскими ресурсами на региональном уровне

Организационные аспекты управления туристскими ресурсами на региональном уровне

Development visions, livelihood realities – how conservation shapes agricultural value chains in the Zambezi region, Namibia

ABSTRACT In the Zambezi region, seemingly unrelated political visions propagate two development paths: nature conservation to promote tourism and Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM), and agricultural intensification. This study examines the unintended interrelations between these top-down visions by linking upgrading possibilities in agricultural value chains (AVC) with livelihood strategies of farmers from a bottom-up perspective. The results are based on qualitative field research that explains the how and why of the emergence of multiple rural development trajectories. We operationalise upgrading as actual and aspirational hanging in, stepping up and stepping out strategies. Findings show that although farmers envision stepping up their agricultural activities to better position themselves in AVCs, they remain in a strategic hanging in or downgrading state due CBNRM-related institutions. Concluding, we propose implications for CBNRM that synthesise competing development visions with actual livelihoods realities through the acknowledgment of small-scale agrarian systems rather than the crowding out of such.

Investigating a Potential Map of PM2.5 Air Pollution and Risk for Tourist Attractions in Hsinchu County, Taiwan.

In the past few years, human health risks caused by fine particulate matters (PM2.5) and other air pollutants have gradually received attention. According to the Disaster Prevention and Protection Act of Taiwan’s Government enforced in 2017, “suspended particulate matter” has officially been acknowledged as a disaster-causing hazard. The long-term exposure to high concentrations of air pollutants negatively affects the health of citizens. Therefore, the precise determination of the spatial long-term distribution of hazardous high-level air pollutants can help protect the health and safety of residents. The analysis of spatial information of disaster potentials is an important measure for assessing the risks of possible hazards. However, the spatial disaster-potential characteristics of air pollution have not been comprehensively studied. In addition, the development of air pollution potential maps of various regions would provide valuable information. In this study, Hsinchu County was chosen as an example. In the spatial data analysis, historical PM2.5 concentration data from the Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration (TWEPA) were used to analyze and estimate spatially the air pollution risk potential of PM2.5 in Hsinchu based on a geographic information system (GIS)-based radial basis function (RBF) spatial interpolation method. The probability that PM2.5 concentrations exceed a standard value was analyzed with the exceedance probability method; in addition, the air pollution risk levels of tourist attractions in Hsinchu County were determined. The results show that the air pollution risk levels of the different seasons are quite different. The most severe air pollution levels usually occur in spring and winter, whereas summer exhibits the best air quality. Xinfeng and Hukou Townships have the highest potential for air pollution episodes in Hsinchu County (approximately 18%). Hukou Old Street, which is one of the most important tourist attractions, has a relatively high air pollution risk. The analysis results of this study can be directly applied to other countries worldwide to provide references for tourists, tourism resource management, and air quality management; in addition, the results provide important information on the long-term health risks for local residents in the study area.

관광자원론의 정체성과 지향점

This current study offers a review of tourism resource theories in Korea and foreign countries through a document review research approach. From this review, the present study discusses the meaning of tourism resources, tourism resource theory changes, comparison of tourism resource theory and tourism geography, research methods in tourism resource theory, and tourism resource theory composition. In this study, it was suggested that in order for tourism resource theory to fit into the overarching domain of tourism theory, it is necessary to actively accept the social science approach as well as academic approach used in tourism geography. 'Tourism resources' becomes meaningful as tourism resources are planned, developed and managed for the utilization of tourists and local residents who the main users. Evaluation of tourism resources can be useful for monitoring planning, development and management of tourism resources. In this context, the current study suggests that the field of tourism resource theory should be divided into the following subsections: i) tourism resource theory ii) tourism resource planning iii) tourism resource development iv) tourism resource management v) tourism resource evaluation. By doing so, greater insight into the topics, subjects and scope of its research, as well as how tourism resource theory might better be implemented as a subject of study, can ultimately contribute to establishing the future direction of tourism resource theory.

Applying the resilience principles for sustainable ecotourism development: A case study of the Nakdong Estuary, South Korea

When studying sustainable ecotourism, the ecotourism system can be better understood as a complex association of various elements that affects the local society and wildlife habitats. The purpose of this study is to plan an ecotourism system for the wise ecotourism resource management of estuary wetlands by using a resilience principle-based systems thinking approach. This study suggests an integrated management plan that considers diversity, connectivity, learning, participation, and polycentric governance to solve universal and important issues, such as estuary dam removal, urbanization, and natural resource use in the estuary's social-ecological system. The ecotourism system plans suggested in this study include minimizing ecological conflict and load through an improved sense of responsibility among stakeholders and strengthened protective activities. The results of this study suggest appropriate roles for various stakeholders in the management of tourism resources that can be used to establish new guidelines for ecotourism destination planning.

공동체의식이지역관광자원관리에미치는영향요인분석: 장성 축령산 편백숲을 중심으로

공동체의식이지역관광자원관리에미치는영향요인분석: 장성 축령산 편백숲을 중심으로